Photography – Black & White Candids

Cliff Gettings — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:25:53 +0000

Today I wanted to take some Black and White pictures, having seem some brilliant shots in B&W recently. I wanted to capture facial expressions, as the details contained in each face can be very powerful and moving. I headed over the KLCC and it was a beautifully sunny day (usually not great for photography – but in B&W it can be ideal), I sat myself down under a tree to keep in the shade and started shooting. I do get nervous taking candid photo’s – many people don’t wish for their photo to be taken.However if the photo is taken of somebody without permission in a public place and not used for profit or commercial purposes, then it’s not against the law (unless you start following them around – then it becomes harassment).

So anyway, I kept snapping away, and must have got around 80 different shots. I was using my Canon 450D with EF-S 55-250 F4-5.6 IS lens, not a bad little lens for the price. However, shooting at distance, I did find that it was hard to get the sharpness, this was using AV mode. When I switched to manual to increase the shutter speed to 1/800 +, (I was using the widest aperture anyway) then I found many of the shots underexposed (even in the harsh bright sun). I Switched back to AV mode, but of the 80 odd shots I took, only a handful were sharp and detailed enough (after some major cropping), to be of any use. I decided to publish my best 3, and here they are.. Hope you like!

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Photography – Black & White Candids